Court strikes down state requiring PARCC test for graduation

January 2, 2019

A state court has schooled the New Jersey Department of Education on the law and requiring students to pass the PARCC test for graduation. It’s the kind of outcome protesting parents have wanted for months.

“I think it’s a very good ruling. It’s a very thoughtful ruling. It’s appropriate,” said Julia Sass Rubin, member of Save Our Schools NJ and associate professor at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.

NJTV News, January 1, 2019

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